engagement

June 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques

Improving through Choice and UDL

“Using Choice as an Active Teaching and Learning Technique” is the title of the Lilly Conference online session I watched tonight. Tiffany Wigington is an Associate Professor at Tarleton State University along with Misty Smith, both in the Department of Social Work. Their objectives were to explore the use of choice in their curriculum. They […]

June 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Reflections, Why, Writing

Redesigning Assignments to Engage Students

Tonight Amada and I watched the Lilly 2022 session entitled “Combating “Study Sites” Through Engaging Assignment Re-Design” with presenters from Texas A&M. The presenters were part of a Faculty Learning Community to discuss engagement strategies. Presenters included Joyce Juntune (Instructional Professor at Texas A&M), Suzanna Ramos (Assistant Lecturer at A&M), Hector Ramos Garcimartin (Lecturer at […]

May 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

The OT Jigsaw Study

Olivia West Hammond from Penn State presented “The Occupation of Learning: Re-imagining the OT Classroom Post-pandemic” as a recorded twenty-minute session at Lilly Conference online. West Hammond teaches at a smaller Penn State campus in the occupational therapy assistant program. This is a 2.5-year program with mostly commuter students. West Hammond also defined occupational therapy […]

May 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

The Bad Test Takers

Brian C. Smith is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and presented at the Lilly Conference online. The session was entitled ““I’m Just a Bad Test-Taker:” Consequences and Interventions.” This twenty-minute recorded session focused on student beliefs that they are bad test-takers and how this may interfere with performance in […]

May 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Fidelity of a Simulated Learning Experience

We finished our third and last day of HITS 2022! Woo hoo! Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference session entitled “From the Ground Up: Creating a Culture of Simulated Patient Experiences” with Pamela Pologruto and Jennifer Jewell from Penn State. I watched a session by Pologruto yesterday. Pologruto spoke about being a Physical Therapist and […]

May 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Interprofessional Education

Day 2 of HITS 2022 is over! We had a lot of fun and have some exciting ideas! Tonight, I watched the Lilly Conference session entitled “Breaking the Silos: Integrating Simulated Learning Activities in Interprofessional Education” presented by Melissa Miner, Pamela Pologruto, Valerie Vanderhoff, and Jo Ann Jankoski, from Penn State University, Fayette – The […]

May 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Positive Psychology in the Classroom

Tonights’s Lilly Conference session was entitled “Positive Psychology Best Practices for Self-Determined Learning to Promote Motivation and Engagement” and presented by Edwina Helton. They shared thoughts on positive psychology and student perspectives on engagement and motivation. They defined positive psychology as an area that emerged in the 1990s and focuses on what makes life worth […]

May 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Students Teaching Students

Tonight we watched the Lilly Conference session entitled “Students-Teaching-Students: How social sciences students leading classes can create greater engagement and enjoyment in the course.” Ethan Engelhardt and Andrew Reynolds were the presenters. Engelhardt is from Asbury University and Reynolds is from Malone University. They began by describing the “dead” classroom with students not engaged, fatigued… […]

May 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Wellbeing

History Bingo!

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference recorded session entitled “Adaptable Bingo Game for Students Learning to Use Research Databases.” Megan Cherry is a historian of 17th and 18th century North America at North Carolina State University. The activity Cherry designed was for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate seminar. The student learning outcomes were for students […]

May 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

Building Stronger Teams with Technology

Drs. Lisa Bergson and Thomasena Shaw from Bridgewater State University in MA presented “Tools, Tips, and Technology to Foster Teamwork in Masked, In-Person Classes” at Lilly Conference online. Their goals were to share tips and tools they learned while implementing teamwork in masked, in-person classes during the pandemic. The strategies they shared that are promoted […]